Missing Overlea Boy Has Been Found: Police

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD – A Baltimore County boy who disappeared after leaving for Parkville Middle School Wednesday morning has been found, according to police. Officials reported the 12-year-old had been located and was safe after 11 p.m.

PREVIOUS REPORT: A 12-year-old boy is missing in Baltimore County, and officials have asked for help finding him. He was last seen around 7:35 a.m. on Wednesday leaving for Parkville Middle School after arguing with his father, police said.

Dennis Wayne Schaefer III is described as having short brown hair and brown eyes. He is 5-feet-6-inches tall and 135 pounds and was wearing a black jacket with blue jeans when last seen.

Normally, Schaefer rides home on the bus, and while sometimes he walks home to the 100 block of Overlea Avenue, he did not return at all on Wednesday, police reported.

The boy has neither a phone nor money on him, according to authorities.

He has no history of leaving home, police said.

Have you seen the boy or do you have an idea of where he could be? Anyone with information about Dennis Schaefer is asked to contact the White Marsh precinct of the Baltimore County Police Department at 410-887-5000.

Photo courtesy of the Baltimore County Police Department.